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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Uber as a predatory lender

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If you want to understand where Uber's business model is going read this stream on Twitter: https://twitter.com/groditi/status/7324178...
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Monday, May 9, 2016

Catching up with the Narwhal Empire in Nashville

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Got a reasonable day off in Nashville. (You got to recover from jet-lag somewhere!) Wound up at a cool blues bar on Bourbon Street. But th...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

If someone disagrees with you they are certifiably crazy: Bill Ackman, Valeant and Herbalife edition.

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The US Senate has released a lot of Valeant documents. Link here .  There is quite a deal here - but I got to this email from Bill Ackman...
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Monday, April 25, 2016

Valeant's new CEO

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Joe Papa has just accepted appointment as CEO of Valeant. a. I am glad my short is mostly - not entirely covered. Joe Papa is a fabulous a...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016

The great matrimonial housing short-squeeze

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It's a fairly consistent view around our office that house prices are absurd in Sydney - and winning a Sydney property auction is not a ...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Do you want to die with dignity? There is a coupon for that.

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Business Insider has another post that explains Valeant's business model. They bought an out-of-patent drug (Sodium Seconal) which is...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Mr Ackman's letter to the Allergan board

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Reprinted in full without comment. Source here . Pershing Square Letter to Allergan’s Board: July 16 th , 2014 Mr. David E. I. Pyott...
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Friday, March 18, 2016

A technical question on Herbalife for Mikeo: What happens to distributorships on the death of the distributor?

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This is a question for those who have spent too much time thinking about good versus not-so-good multi-level marketing schemes.  I apolog...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

How to judge Valeant in 2016

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Here is a slide from Valeant Investor Day conference call in December 2015. You can find the original at this link . Only a few month...
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Monday, March 14, 2016

Questions for the Valeant conference call

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Valeant is planning to have a conference call to "discuss preliminary fourth quarter 2015 financial results and update 2016 financial ...
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